 First US edition | |
| Author | Gwethalyn Graham |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) J. B. Lippincott (US) |
Publication date | 1944 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 228 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
Earth and High Heaven was a 1944 novel by Gwethalyn Graham. It was the first Canadian novel to reach number one on The New York Times bestseller list[1] and stayed on the list for 37 weeks,[2] selling 125 000 copies in the United States[3] that year.
Set in Montreal, Quebec during World War II, the novel portrays a romance between Erica Drake, a young woman from a wealthy Protestant family in Westmount, and Marc Reiser, a Jewish lawyer and soldier from Northern Ontario. The young lovers are forced to confront and overcome the anti-Semitism of their society in their quest to form a lasting relationship.
- ^ "Gwethalyn Graham: Two fiction awards won by Montrealer". The Globe and Mail, November 26, 1965.
- ^ "AECB – Title Detail – Earth and High Heaven". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "The Year in Books". Time. 1944-12-18. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved 2008-07-20.